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Transcript and notes of lecture 95 by Dr Yasir Qadhi. The full seerah series can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/user/YasirQadhi/videos.
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Transcript and notes of lecture 95 by Dr Yasir Qadhi. The full seerah series can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/user/YasirQadhi/videos.
Please share these notes if you found them beneficial. Jazak'Allah Khair.

We were doing the year of delegations.

And we said all the delegations happened

between Hijrah 5 and 9. But, when the delegations came from the 5th to the 9th year, why do we call the year of delegations ('Aam Al-Wufood) only the 9th year?Because, most of them came in the 9th year. And as we mentioned we will continuethis topic for maybe two more episodes because again we skipped over alot of the delegations throughout the seerah in favour of discussing the main events andbattles. Even ibn Ishaaq and others mention alot of delegations that came in the7th/8th year, but they compiled them and put them in the 9th because its convinient. We too have to go back and forth chronologically, but thematic wise discussing them all now makes sense.We now go back to the 7th year of the Hijrah and discuss the delegation of the tribe of Daws. The tribe of Daws is a yemeni tribe, and the cheifton is Tufayl ibn Amr ad-Dawsi. His story we breifly mentioned in the Meccan era - Tufayl ibn Amr is the leader of Daws, and he came to perform umrah in Mecca when the prophetPBUH was being persecuted. This was roughly the 7th year of the daw'ah. Towardsthe end when the persecution hadn't reached the level of assassination, but it was very uncomfortable and untenable. When the Quraysh made it a policy that hujjaj that came would be warned against the prophet PBUH. So when Tufayl arrived, the Quraysh were very happy. They welcomed him, and then said "careful, one of our sons has become a magician. And he's able to break the bonds between father and son, and brother and brother simply by listening to his speech." And Tufayl said "they kept on telling me until I became terrified. So much so when I would goto the ka'bah to present in front of the idols I would stuff my ears with cotton so I don't hear anything from the prophet PBUH". One day he did this, and lo and behold the prophet PBUH was praying salah. And reciting Qur'an. So Tufayl said "besides the cotton I could still hear the prophet PBUH" and he has never heard anything like it. "So I began reprimanding myself 'Why can't you listen to him? Whats the big deal? If theres good accept it, if not reject it'". So he took the cotton off and said "Ya Muhammad your people have warned me against you, so for a few days I haven't come to you. But I heard you recite and I want to hear what you have to say if it's good or bad". So the prophet PBUH sat him down, invited him to Islam, recited the Qur'an and after all this Tufayl embraced Islam onthe spot. In fact its said the prophet PBUH only recited Surah Ikhals, Falaq and Naas (last three surahs). And Tufayl was so mesmerised and impressed he accepted immediately. He said to the prophet PBUH "I'll go back to my tribe and invitethem to Islam, make dua for me". So the prophet PBUH made dua for him and his tribe (in Bhukari). Note some say this dua was made in Madinah; others say Mecca.In any case he told Tufayl to be gentle with his people.So Tufayl went back to his people, and its said on the same day he returned hisfather, wife, brother etc all embraced Islam. He was beloved to his people so his entire family, and slowly but surely more and more embraced Islam until it's said over 80 families had embraced Islam at his hands from the tribe of Daws. AndTufayl made an offer to the prophet PBUH that "come to my protective fortress"i.e. emigrate to Yemen. But it's clear Allah did not give him that permission because the prophet PBUH was looking to emigrate to somewhere. So here was an offer but the prophet PBUH did not take it - clearly Allah did not give him permission. And of course Allah didn't because He willed the prophet PBUH to go to Yathrib i.e. Madinah. So he didn't go to Daws but still it is significant that Tufayloffered his protection i.e. this is the status of Tufayl ibn Amr. Later on Tufayl decided to immigrate to Madinah. So he came to Madinah to just as a delegatebut actually as an immigrate i.e. he wants to reside in MAdinah permenantly. Andhe decided to give up being chiefton to leave his tribe and become a muhajir. Imagine this: here is Tufayl, he's not being persecuted from his land, he is thecheifton of his tribe, he has the status, honour, lineage and land etc. But to decide to give all this up shows his imaan. So he arrived in Madinah according tosome reports at the battle of Khaybar (other reports say after).One of the reasons why this story is so interesting is that here is Tufayl from

whom one person converted at his hand from his tribe, who is to become one of the greatest legacies of our ummah. From the tribe of Daws: and that is Abu Hurairah. Abdur Rehman ibn Sakhr ad Dawsi. When Tufayl immigrated to Madinah, with him came Abu Hurairah. So Abu Hurairah is apart of this batch who immigrate near the end - in fact most likely it was mid-8th year of the Hijrah. So he only stayed with the prophet PBUH for literally 2 years. But as we know he is called the preserver of the sunnah. Nobody narrated the quantity of ahadith like him. Why? He himself explained: "I had given up everything, marriage, food, sustenance etc,and stayed in the masjid just to be with the prophet PBUH". He would say that "sometimes I was so hungrey I would ask a sahabi a question walking outside the masjid having no need of the question/answer as I know better than him, but justhoping the answer would take me all the way to his house. Then when I'm at the door he will offer me something". And its said Abu Hurairah narrated more than 5500 hadith. A few come close i.e. A'isha RA, Jaabir who come to 4000+, but Abu Hurairah is number one on the list. And subhanAllah its amazing that all of the blessings of Abu Hurairah, he will get the reward but also Tufayl ibn Amr. And that's why we should never trivialise any good deed we do because we don't know what may come of it.Another interesting delegation is the delegation of Wa'il ibn Hujr. This is happening in the 9th year. He is from the town of Hadra Mawt, in Yemen - as we saidbefore, Yemen had mini kingdoms in Arabia. Lots of little kingdoms. Yemen was not as tribal; Wa'il ibn Hujr's great grandfather was one of those kings. So he isof royal blood. In the 9th year, before he came to Madinah, the prophet PBUH announced to the sahabah that "there shall come to you Wa'il ibn Hujr, one of the'princes of Yemen'. And he is coming wanting to embrace Islam without pressure".So when Wa'il ibn Hujr came, three days before the prophet PBUH predicted he would be coming. And when Wa'il came the prophet PBUH honoured him like really none before. Its narrated he did something that he did for no one else. He actuallybrought him up to the mimbar with him; this is a huge honour that alongside theprophet PBUH is Wa'il on the mimbar. And he made his sit on his cloak which wasan honour of the arabs at the time. And the prophet PBUH made dua for Wa'il andthe children of Wa'il. And Wa'il complained that his family had taken away hisright to the throne (as is always the case). What did the prophet PBUH say? "I will promise you better than that" i.e. Jannah through Islam. So literally we cansay, Islam will give you more than being a king. We know this from the explicithadith of the prophet PBUH: the lowest person of Jannah, Allah will say to him'go ahead and wish and wish and wish' and as much as he wishes Allah will say 'you have all the riches of this world and 10x like it'. No king of this world haseven 1/10th of the riches. So this is a beautiful hadith, the prophet PBUH is saying "don't worry I'll give you something better than a kingdom".There's an interesting tidbit mentioned: Wa'il embraced Islam, and the prophet PBUH gave him the governership of a small area in Yemen. And the prophet PBUH sent with him Muawiya ibn Abu Suffyan as an escort. So Muawiya, whom we all know will be the khalifah after 45 years; right now he's barely 18 years old. So Muawiya is sent with Wa'il, and Wa'il is on his camel and Muawiya is walking. So he asks "can I ride with you?" And Wa'il is just a brand new convert still on his ownways, he says: "it's not befitting someone like you rides with kings". So thenMuawiya who at the time was dirt poor, said "at least let me wear your shoes because the stones are hot". But Wa'il says "it's not befitting the shoes of the king are given to you". So Muawiya complains "but the pebbles are hot!" So Wa'il says "take comfort from the shadow of my camel". So he's a muslim but he dosen'thave the akhlak right now. Now, who does Muawiya become? The king, the first king of Islam - he starts a dynasty. And by the kudr of Allah, Wa'il also lives a long life. And Wa'il is sent as a delegate to Muawiya; so he enters into Muawiyaand now Muawiya is on the throne. See how Allah changes things around. This is the wisdom Allah knows. Muawiya now is a 60 year old man, and he reminds Wa'il ofthat day, that "do you remember on that day when you didn't even give me your shoes?" And Wa'il says "how I wish I did that". So this again shows us, we should

never be selfish. Who could have ever imagined that at that point in time, it was inconcievable that the family of Abu Suffyan would somehow; remember Abu Suffyan was a late convert at the last minute after the conquest. No one would imagine Muawiya would become the king at the end of the day. So Wa'il ibn Hujur eventually decided to join the side of Ali ibn Abi Talib during the civil war. Also generally speaking the people of Yemen sided with Ali.The big story of the day which is the most significant in the 9th year is the delegation of Ta'if. The battle and seige of Hunayn was fought against; this is the same tribe that rejected and rebelled. Out of the entire province the only tribe still on paganism is Taqeef. So remember when the prophet PBUH left them andsaid "let them be they'll come to us". The sahaba said "no let's fight" but theykept on losing so they left them to be. One of the incidents made the tribe ofTa'if very scared to negotiate. This took place in the 8th year. When the prophet PBUH encircled them in the 8th year and put a seige on them, a certain memberof the tribe embraced Islam. In fact it was one of their most respected leaders,Urwah ibn Mas'ud a Thaqif'i. He has a central story in the seerah. What did hesay that was SO famous? Urwah ibn Mas'ud was one of the most senior member of the tribe of Taqeef. When Hudaybiyyah took place, he happened to be in Mecca for umrah or business. And when he saw the anger and the back and forth, he felt hurt. So he said to the Quraysh "don't you trust me, aren't I a son for you, didn'tI do such and such..." Then he said "if you do this, let me go and bring some reconciliation". The big guys, Safwan ibn Ummayah, Abu Suffyan etc allowed him togo represent the Quraysh in the negotiations. So the Quraysh are allowing a thaqaf'i to represent them. So the final person from the non-quraysh was Urwah ibn Mas'ud - and he told the prophet PBUH "you have two choices: either you win and you kill them all and I don't know of any person who has destroyed his own people. Or they come and fight you, and I don't see anyone here worthy of a fight". From his perspective what is he seeing? Poor people, slaves, different tribal people. THe main thing is "whats combining these people?! Nothing". He said "as soonas they see their enemy, they will abandon you" - of course in his mind the only banner is jaheleya and tribalism. This is when Abu Bukr RA gave an extremely vulgar curse (which the sheikh didn't even translate).What else happened at Hudaybiyyah? He stroked the beard of the prophet PBUH, andhis own nephew Mughira ibn Shu'ba smacked him on the hand and said "get your hand away". And Urwah said "who is that?" And the prophet PBUH said "don't you know, its your own nephew". Recall Mughira did a crime and murdered before Islam, and he brought this money to the prophet PBUH. And the prophet PBUH said "as foryour Islam I accept, but as for your money I reject". So his uncle said "oh traiter we are still cleansing the problems you've left behind". Then he said the famous paragraph that is the height of eloquence: "I've visted the kings of Caesarand Khisra and Najashi etc" - note it shows how senior he is, he's been on delegations to these kings - "and I've not seen anyone more respected by his peoplethan the people of Muhammad. Walahi he never spat except that they caught it. Henever did wudu except that they caught his water remnants. They say as if theyhave birds on their heads (meaning complete respect). When he says something they would race to see who was the first to fulfull it". This is VERY interesting.Why? The sahaba never described themselves like this. It's from an external persepctive. Of course the sahaba would never praise themselves. So this is that Urwah ibn Mas'ud.Further, Urwah is referenced in the Qur'an directly. And that is in the Qur'an "they said why isn't this Qur'an revealed to one of the two great men in the twogreat cities?" That is, Mecca and Ta'if. And the two men are Waleed ibn Mughira,and Urwah ibn Mas'ud. So Waleed ibn Mughira from the Banu Makhzoom was the onewho said this. So Allah quoted him in the Qur'an. And then He said "Are they theones to decide where Allahs mercy goes down?" The point is it shows the level and status of Urwah ibn Mas'ud. He's also mentioned in the hadith of Bhukari andMuslim. The prophet PBUH said he saw all the prophets "and Musa AS looks like a

person from the tribe of Shanu'a". They are known for their sharp features (i.e.pointed noises) and their skin colour is brownish. And he said "I saw Isa AS and the one who resembles him the most is Urwah ibn Mas'ud a-Thaqafi. And I saw Ibrahim and the one who resembles him the most is me". So... what does Urwah looklike?! Of course the sahaba could see Urwah and then deduce what Isa AS looked like. But we can't of course. The prophet PBUH described Isa AS as having broad shoulders with glistening hair, as if he's come out of a shower, and he is on thelighter complexion. Of course in the movies they portray Isa AS as a white manwhich is ridiculous. Isa AS is a middle eastern, he is Bani Israel, even they know this. In the same hadith he said "I saw Jibreel AS and he looks like Dihyah al Kalbi". And Dihya was considered to be the most handsome man in Madinah.In any case, after the seige of Hunayn, in Dhul Qa'da of the 8th year, Urwah ibnMas'ud left the city and caught up with him. And he embraced Islam en route. And the prophet PBUH told him to immigrate to Madinah but he said "Oh messenger ofAllah, let me go back to Ta'if and call them to Islam". The prophet PBUH said "I am scared they may kill you". Urwah said "they love me more than their own daughters; if they found me asleep they wouldn't even wake me up". Walahi this wastrue before Islam - he is their leader. So he arrived back at magrib time. His people did not know he embraced Islam. When he came they all greeted him and so he tells them "I have embraced Islam and I encourage you to also follow me". Thiswas right after the seige. So what happened? They flipped immediately. And theycursed him and so on. He was distressed and distraught; he got on the roof of his house at Fajr time. And he gave the azaan on the roof of his house. When he reached 'ashaduAllah...' an arrow came from the dark and struck him. So his own people executed/killed him. And he fell down and injured himself, and he was fatally wounded. His immediate family said "what do we do about revenge and blood money?" He said "Nothing, this is a gift Allah has gifted me. Allah has chosen meto be a shaheed which Allah has honoured me with. And you'll burry me with the shuhada of Hunayn". SubhanAllah. He's not burried with the family plot or locals;he is being burried with the shuhada. When the news reached the prophet PBUH hesaid the famous phrase "this was a man who with his people as like the person of Ya-Sin with his people". And we all know the person in surah Ya-Sin was the one who was rejected by his people for calling them to Allah.Now we need to understand this is something extremely vulgar that they did. It'snot just any murder. It goes against everything they stand for. They didn't just kill one of their own - they killed THE Urwah ibn Mas'ud, who is, one of the most respected leaders. Also isn't it amazing the prophet PBUH knew better than Urwah about his own people? Of course this is because the prophet PBUH is the prophet PBUH. But also - when you're involved in a situation, you are blinded by it. You don't see clearly; Urwah, because its his people and nation. He thought "there's no way they would do this". The prophet PBUH who is a third party can exmaine it in an objective and fair manner. So he told Urwah "I'm scared your people will kill you". But Urwah thought "no way" but subhanAllah he was wrong. So the people of Ta'if were in fact terrified. This blood is on their hands, their guilty conscious is eating them up anyway, and in this state of mind they go to the prophet PBUH. Ibn Ishaaq mentions a long conversation between various people.Each one says "I'm not going to go to Madinah" i.e. they are terrified to go asa delegation of Taqeef because they might be called to task for the death of Urwah. Until they decided that ALL the leaders went togther. It wasn't just one leader, it was 6 or 7 of the leaders of the Ta'if along with their entourage.So this delegation came to Madinah and this took place in Ramadan of the 9th year of the Hijrah. When they reached Madinah, either they contacted their relativeMughira ibn Shu'ba, or he just happened to see them - Mughira begins rejoicingthat his tribe is coming to embrace Islam. And they tell him "we will only embrace with conditions. We will make sure we're satisfied". And he literally runs back to the masjid. On the way Abu Bukr sees him and says "whats going on?" Mughira says "the tribe of Taqeef has come and I want to give the bashara (good news)

to the prophet PBUH". And Abu Bukr says "I ask you by Allah let me give it". Andso Mughira allowed. This shows us how eager the sahaba were to gain the favourof the prophet PBUH. Because when you give someone good news you bring happinessto the person. So every sahaba wanted to be that person who brought happiness to the prophet PBUH. Abu Bukr rushed back and said "the tribe of Taqeef is here to embrace Islam". The prophet PBUH is overjoyed and asked the tribe to enter.Mughira rushed to his tribe and taught them the protocol: "this is what you do,this is how you say salaam, you address him by...". This shows us aswell, the sahaba taught the delegations. But the tribe of Taqeef completely ignored this. Basically you can tell they did not come with the submission of other delegates. They greeted him by the greeting of jaheleya, they addressed him by his first name etc. This demonstrates imaan is not in their heart. And the prophet PBUH ignored all of this; even though it is the height of disrespect. They ignored all theproper islamic protocols and did what they liked. But the prophet PBUH literally ignored everything; rather, he treated them as if they were honourable guests.And he in fact ordered that a special guest tent be built inside the masjid just for them. So it was double shelter and then began a series of negotiations that lasted at least 10 days. Obviously we don't have all the details.Of what we do have: one of the senior members of the Quraysh, a distant cousin of the prophet PBUH, was chosen to be the emmisary. The way the jaheleya arabs did it was that there was a lower level dialogue through an emmisary. So Khalid ibn Sa'eed was the middle man; its said the tribe of Taqeef was so worried about their status they thought the food was poisoned so they didn't eat until Khalid ate. So they are paranoid because they have such a guilty conscious. Yet the prophet PBUH treated them so generously. So the negotiatons began by them asking "can we have a treaty or not?" The prophet PBUH said "yes if you embrace Islam". Sothey HAD to embrace Islam, otherwise there is no treaty. The ultimatum is given. So back and forth. They ask the prophet PBUH "we have heard interest (riba) isnot allowed." The prophet PBUH said "Allah has forbidden riba" and he quoted the Qur'an. The prophet PBUH said "you get back your principle (orginal amount)".Then they asked "how about zina? We have to travel alot and we are merchants etcand we need to do zina." So the response comes back that "Allah has forbidden it". So they talk and discuss. Then the third question: "what about alcohol (kamr)?" They said "you HAVE TO let us drink kamr. We can't give that up!" Because firstly Ta'if was known for its grapes i.e. its wine. So they said "our culture isto drink. And it's a cool climate". So they were saying "you have to at least make an exception for kamr". So the prophet PBUH sends back the Qur'anic verse which forbids kamr. So they conferred with one another and one of them said "walahi, we will not go back and tell our people riba, zina and kamr has been prohibited. There's no way they will accept it". And indeed when there is no imaan how can you give up these things? So one of their leaders said "our people won't accept this". Another said "but what is the alternative? For walahi if he goes backand he sends an army we will be finished in a month". So the tribe of Taqeef didn't embrace willingly: they effectively had NO option other than to leave Arabia. To console them he said "look at his companions didn't they give this all up?"This shows us the psychology of having a good strong ummah. He is saying "if they can do it so can we". So they negotiate and agree to give these three up.However, they forget to ask about the single biggest matter: shirk. Idol worship. Who was their idol? Al-Lat. So after all the negotiations, then they ask "howabout our idol?" And the prophet PBUH said "It shall be destroyed". There's justno question about this. So they said "ok... give us three years". Three years!The prophet PBUH said "No. You don't get anything". So they said "ok two years".The prophet PBUH said no. So they said "ok one year". The prophet PBUH said "no!" And they said 12 months, 11 months... all the way down to a single month. They negotiate that "we want some time". Why is this a big deal? Because to them Al-Lat was the most presitigous God, and it was the second most prestigious God ofArabia. And it's a source of pride for them. So the emissary is going back and

forth - until they say "fine but we cannot destroy it". The prophet PBUH said "fine, you don't have to do, we'll do it". So they agreed - and later on the prophet PBUH sent Mughira ibn Shu'ba, their nephew to destroy it.Then they were told to pray and fast etc i.e. the pillars of Islam. And they began negotiating with that. And they said "we cannot bow our backs down because ofthe cold weather; and so can you forgive us for the salah?" And the prophet PBUH said "There is no good in any religion without salah". SubhanAllah. And with regards to the aqeedah issue of what is the ruling of the status of salah? This hadith shows there is no religion without salah. Prayer is the essence of being amuslim. So then they said "ok forgive us from wudu because Ta'if gets very cold". But once again the prophet PBUH did not allow this and indeed he cannot. Hereis where an interesting bit comes and it's a huge fiqh issue. They then said "ok forgive us from zakat and jihad". What did the prophet PBUH say? He said "ok you are forgiven from these". But when they left a few days later the prophet PBUH said "they SHALL give zakat and do jihad". Now, this is a huge discussion. What exactly has happened here? We know there is NO comprimise on tawheed or salah. But what is the understanding of saying "ok no jihad or zakat" and then laterthe prophet PBUH says "they shall give zakat and jihad". Two interpretations:1) The prophet PBUH said this knowing that when imaan enters their heart, they will automatically pay zakat and do jihad. Thus what the prophet PBUH is doing isonly special to him. Because he KNOWS they will eventually do these two things.So maybe this was a prediction of the future. That at that time the prophet PBUH gave an exception but its a one-off, he knew they will pay zakat and do jihad.2) However the second interpretation is that the imam or the leader has the right to accept incorrect conditions for new muslims for a temporary period of time,and then LATER ON enforce the correct Islam. Do we understand this paticular incident as being something theological or legal? If it's the former, Allah told the prophet PBUH so its a one off. If its legal i.e. if it's a precedent, then suppose in a legit Islamic state a group comes and says 'we shall embrace but witha condition'. And that condition goes against Islam - does then the leader havethe right to accept this condition? This is a fiqh issue. The scholars differ on this. Some scholars say its okay because at the end of the day, eventually everyone who embraces Islam will live a true Islamic lifestyle from the heart. In other words because Islam is the truth it's okay to bribe people with incentivesbecuause eventually true imaan will come into their heart. Practically in the west when a non muslim comes and expresses and interest in Islam, and he or she says or does things un-islamic, we should be ULTRA leniant. And emphasise that which is most important, and overlook anything haram or bad. Why? Because imaan isvery weak. You want to let imaan grow in the heart. By being harsh and strict you will turn the person away. We have to bring them into the religion, and then when imaan grows, they themselves will leave all the haram or sin. Even if they don't leave all their sinning, for them to be a muslim while sinning is infinitely better than to be a kaafir while sinning. There is even a position that if a non muslim lady converts to Islam, the marriage is still halal because she didn'tbegin the nikah as a muslim. Or another issue might be people don't have completely the correct theology. He might believe the story of Adam and Howa AS is a fable. Let his believe it - let him first embrace Islam properly and then come back to the issue. In other words a little bit of comprimise is fine, inshaAllah when imaan comes they will do it.Ibn Ishaaq mentions they stayed in Madinah for 15 days. Probably the 10th day they embraced Islam. Recall its Ramadan, and so they actually fasted with the prophet PBUH for the remaining 5 days. And they had iftar and suhoor with the muslims; Bilal RA would bring them suhoor and they said "we can't eat the sun has risen". But Bilal said "I've just come and the prophet PBUH is eating". And when they brought the iftar they said "no not yet the sun hasn't set". And Bilal said "Ihave come to you only after the prophet PBUH has broke his fast". Meaning what?

The prophet PBUH would delay his suhoor and rapidly break his fast. These new muslims are trying to be extra cautious; an interesting first day fast. It's alsoknown the youngest member of the congregation was Uthmaan ibn Aas - and he would spend most of his time outside the tent; the seniors were in the tent but he would sit with the prophet PBUH memorising Qur'an, sat with Abu Bukr studying Islam and he was the most eager. When they were about to leave, Abu Bukr suggested"why don't you make Uthmaan their leader?" and the prophet PBUH accepted. SubhanAllah it shows us just because he knew some Qur'an and fiqh he was raised in ranks to become the leader.Final point: the tribe returns and tell their people "we have to embrace Islam".The prophet PBUH sends Mughira to destory Al-Lat. This story is not in Ibn Ishaaq, but al Mughira seems to be a bit of joker. So he says to Abu Suffyan "shallwe play a joke on them?" Abu Suffyan says "yeah sure". So, now imagine, he is going to destory the idol. What are the people thinking? Something bad will happen. So all the people are gathered around and they are tense. Of course they knowit has to happen but they are still tense and upset. So Mughira takes his axe, tries to smack the idol but as soon as he does this he yells and falls down on his face. And the tribe goes WILD with happiness. "Look what happened didn't we tell you Al-Lat is the best?!" And he jumps up and says "you fools I did this to show you how foolish you are". And he told them "I just wanted to mock you" and he destroyed it in front of their eyes one hit after the other. And the guy in charge of the idol got so angry he said "when you get to the base of the idol, you'll see the Earth will swallow you up". Realise these people genuinely believe in the idol. So he goes "just to show you, I won't stop until I destroy down to the ground". And Mughira continued to destroy down to the dust of idol. And the prophet PBUH told him to build a masjid where Al-Lat stood. And all of the treasures of the sanctuary was taken and given to the Baytal Maal and the prophet PBUHdistributed it to the weak and poor. And eventually the tribe of Taqeed accepted Islam wholeheartedly with no conditions; and they also paid zakat and engagedin jihad.